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May 23, 2025
Top 10 Reasons Why House Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Is Bad for Medi-Cal (and the Affordable Care Act)
National Health Law Program (NHeLP) Fact Sheet
*This article discusses the GOP reconciliation package, officially called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and its implications for Medicaid and health care access. On May 22, the House passed a budget reconciliation bill, proposing to cut over $700 billion from Medicaid by terminating 14 million people from health…
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May 20, 2025
Cuts to Gender-Affirming Care for Low-Income Youth Come with Real Costs
Abigail Coursolle, Katy DeBriere, and Jasmine Young Uncategorized
Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee recently released their reconciliation bill, proposing to cut $715 billion from Medicaid. Massive cuts to Medicaid will result in millions of people losing coverage, losing access to services, and losing their health status and functioning. One of the provisions in the…
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May 19, 2025
More Medicaid Cuts, More Delays: The Cost of Prior Authorization
Brit Vanneman Medicaid Defense 2025
Prior authorization is one of the biggest administrative burdens in the U.S. health care system. Marketed as a tool to ensure health services are "medically necessary" and appropriate, it has morphed into a profit-driven maze that payers use to delay, discourage, and deny care— especially in Medicaid, where nearly…
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May 16, 2025
Top 10 Ways the House Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Will Harm People with Disabilities
Brit Vanneman, Shandra Hartly, Dania Douglas, and Cat Duffy Fact Sheet
*This article discusses the GOP reconciliation package, officially called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and its implications for Medicaid and health care access. The bill passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee undermines essential supports for people with disabilities. By slashing Medicaid funding and imposing administrative hurdles,…
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May 15, 2025
How Increased Data Matching Burdens States and Enrollees for Little Benefit in Finding Fraud
Shandra Hartly and Elizabeth Edwards Eligibility & Enrollment, Medicaid Defense 2025
Current Data Matching RequirementsThe House Energy & Commerce Committee reconciliation bill proposes a tired, ineffective idea that would increase the frequency of residency data matches from quarterly to monthly for Medicaid enrollees. Although the stated goal is identifying improper payments paid for people receiving benefits in two states, the…
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May 15, 2025
Medicaid Enrollees Aren’t Waste: Halting the Eligibility and Enrollment Rule Will Steal Health Care from Eligible People
Alicia Emanuel and Shandra Hartly Eligibility & Enrollment, Medicaid Defense 2025
The House Republican reconciliation bill proposal would slash at least $715 billion from Medicaid over the next decade. One significant piece of the proposal, with grave ramifications, is to impose a moratorium on the implementation, administration, and enforcement of the Eligibility and Enrollment Rule (as well as rules governing…
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Top 10 Reasons Why House Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Is Bad for Medi-Cal (and the Affordable Care Act)

Cuts to Gender-Affirming Care for Low-Income Youth Come with Real Costs

More Medicaid Cuts, More Delays: The Cost of Prior Authorization

Top 10 Ways the House Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Will Harm People with Disabilities

How Increased Data Matching Burdens States and Enrollees for Little Benefit in Finding Fraud

Medicaid Enrollees Aren’t Waste: Halting the Eligibility and Enrollment Rule Will Steal Health Care from Eligible People